What the railways did for us
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What the Greeks Did for Us
An enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture
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What the Romans did for us
White Wolves are engaging books that children want to pick up, at a range of different reading levels. Eighteen exciting new titles reflect the range
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What Regency Women Did For Us
Inspirational stories of what women achieved against the odds
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What Did the EU Ever Do for Us?
Brexit will transform Britain's relationship with the EU, but this book shows how the EU also transformed Britain. Clearly laying out the options for
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What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night
For the first time in board book, from the parents who brought us the web sensation "Dinovember" comes photographic proof of what toy dinosaurs do at
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What Sport Tells Us About Life
Why will there never be another Bradman? How do you win 33 games in a row? Why did Zidane lose his rag on the world's stage? Foraying deep into sport's leftfield, Ed smith asks the questions we rarely ask of our teams and players. When is cheating really cheating? Is the free market good for sport? Can talent be a curse? Does luck matter? His answers, often controversial ...
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Lore Olympus: Volume 01 (0593356071)
Kniha - autor Rachel Smythe, 384 stran, anglicky, brožovaná Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love-witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology from creator Rachel Smythe. What Scott Pilgrim did for Canadian slackers, Lore Olympus does for the Greek pantheon, while bein...
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Either/Or
An instant New York Times bestseller! Batuman has a gift for making the universe seem, somehow, like the benevolent and witty literary seminar you wish it were . . .This novel wins you over in a million micro-observations. The New York TimesFrom the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Idiot, the continuation of beloved protagonist Selin s quest for self-knowledge, a...
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Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History) (1524796301)
Kniha - autor George R.R. Martin, 738 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work by the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO’s Game of Thrones. With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from internationally bestselling author George R. R. Martin, this is the firs...
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The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) - Perry Philippa
Anotace: `Hugely warm, wise, hopeful and encouraging` Alain de Botton`So clear and true ... Helpful for all relationships in life, not just parent-child` Nigella LawsonEvery parent wants their child to be happy and every parent wants to avoid screwing them up. But how do you achieve that?In this absorbing, clever and funny book, renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perry te...
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The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) - Philippa Perry
<p>'Hugely warm, wise, hopeful and encouraging' Alain de Botton 'So clear and true ... Helpful for all relationships in life, not just parent-child' Nigella Lawson Every parent wants their child to be happy and every parent wants to avoid screwing them up. But how do you achieve that? In this absorbing, clever and funny book, renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perr...
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What Does Baby Want? A Book About Breastfeeding - Tupera Tupera
<p>This baby is not comforted by a teddy bear or toy. This baby wants only one thing: milk!</p> <p>When baby is hungry, neither his teddy bear, his ball, nor even his shiny tambourine will soothe him. This tribute to the nursing baby - and even more so, to the breastfeeding mother - will read as conventional to babies and toddlers but as taboo-busting to...
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Glow: The Plated Prisoner 4 - Kennedy Raven
Anotace: THE BRAND NEW BOOK IN THE TIKTOK FANTASY SENSATION THAT'S SOLD OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF SARAH J. MAAS AND JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT 'It scares me - what I did that night. Because I don't know my own power . . . But that's been the problem all along, hasn't it?' My life has been shaped and controlled by the gr...
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Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon - Lewis Michael
Anotace: From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the high-octane story of the enigmatic figure at the heart of one of the 21st century`s most spectacular financial collapses `I asked him how much it would take for him to sell FTX and go do something other than make money. He thought the question over. "One hundred and fifty billion dollars," he f...
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12 Rules for Life
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat does everyone in the modern world need to know?Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us w...
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Unstoppable Us, Volume 1 - Yuval Noah Harari
<p>We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world?The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story . . .Have you ever wondered how we got here? From hunting mammoths, to flying to the moon?It is because we are unstoppable. But wha...
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Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World - Yuval Noah Harari
<p>*From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes an incredible new story of the human race, for younger readers.* We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world? The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story ....
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Rich Forever: What They Didn’t Teach You about Money, Finance and Investments in School - Bianca Miller-Cole
<p>We all want financial freedom. But we also know just how much pressure the subject of money exerts on us, and many of us feel our personal finances are out of control. But that's not surprising - after all, no-one ever explained how to manage money properly - or if they did, we didn't listen.If a head-in-the-sand approach to personal finance ever worked, it doesn...
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The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist´s Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life - Nathalie A. Cabrol
<p>'A mind-altering and exhilarating read' Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk 'Of all the popular books on the search for life that are now being published, this one is quite special' James L. Green, former NASA chief scientistOne of the world's leading astrobiologists takes us on an awe-inspiring journey across the cosmos to investigate some of humanity's mo...
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100 More Pop Solos For Flute
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay [Redding, Otis] (Something Inside) So Strong [Siffre, Labi] A Hard Day's Night [Beatles, The] Always On My Mind [Pet Shop Boys] Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake) [Gates, Gareth] Beautiful [Aguilera, Christina] Big Sur [Thrills, The] Born To Try [Goodrem, Delta]
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The Secret History - Tartt Donna
Anotace: FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOLDFINCH Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. ______________________________________ 'What we did was terrible, but still I don't think any of us were bad, exactly;...
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The Secret History - Donna Tartt
<p>FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOLDFINCHTruly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.______________________________________'What we did was terrible, but still I don't think any of us were bad, exactly; chalk it up...
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The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage into the World of the Weird - Schreiber Dan
Anotace: This is not a book of facts; it`s a book of `facts`. Should you finish it believing we became the planet`s dominant species because predators found us too smelly to eat; or that the living bloodline of Christ is a family of Japanese garlic farmers - well, that`s on you. Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Did life on Earth begin after a badly tidied-up pi...
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Outliers : The Story of Success - Gladwell Malcolm
Anotace: Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, a...
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Outliers : The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell
<p>Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, an...
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I'd Die for You: And Other Lost Stories - Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Anotace: **THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** `This belated collection shows us the depths of Fitzgerald's vision and talent. Only now are we beginning to appreciate what was lost' The Pool I'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. ...
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, 1. vydání - Jordan B. Peterson
<p>#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peter...
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos - Peterson Jordan B.
Anotace: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson`s answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson ...
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Glow: The Plated Prisoner 4 - Raven Kennedy
<p>THE BRAND NEW BOOK IN THE TIKTOK FANTASY SENSATION THAT'S SOLD OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF SARAH J. MAAS AND JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT'It scares me - what I did that night. Because I don't know my own power . . . But that's been the problem all along, hasn't it?'My life has been shaped and controlled by the greed of others, but that ends now.I ha...
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How Emotions Are Made : The Secret Life of the Brain - Barrett Lisa Feldman
<p>'How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood and turned my understanding upside down' Malcolm Gladwell When you feel anxious, angry, happy, or surprised, what's really going on inside of you? Many scientists believe that emotions come from a specific part of the brain, triggered by the world around us. The thrill ...
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The Chase, 1. vydání - Elle Kennedy
<p>A sexy standalone novel from New York Times and international bestselling author Elle KennedyEveryone says opposites attract. And they must be right, because there's no logical reason why I'm so drawn to Colin Fitzgerald. I don't usually go for tattoo-covered, video-gaming, hockey-playing nerd-jocks who think I'm flighty and superficial. His narrow view of me is ...
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The Testaments, 1. vydání - Margaret Atwood
<p>THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE'The Testaments is Atwood at her best . . . To read this book is to feel the world turning' Anne Enright</p> <p>The Republic of Gilead is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, two girls with radically different experiences of the regime come face to face with the legendary, ruthless...
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The Book of My Son Reuben Taylor & Francis Ltd
The Book of My Son Reuben is a personal account of how psychologist David Cohen coped – and did not cope – with the death of his son, Reuben. Offering a unique perspective on the experience of parental loss, it offers a personal and analytical exploration of sorrow and guilt, and of what research tells us about trauma and grief. A tribute to Reuben’s life, this sensitive ...
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The Book of My Son Reuben Taylor & Francis Ltd
The Book of My Son Reuben is a personal account of how psychologist David Cohen coped – and did not cope – with the death of his son, Reuben. Offering a unique perspective on the experience of parental loss, it offers a personal and analytical exploration of sorrow and guilt, and of what research tells us about trauma and grief. A tribute to Reuben’s life, this sensitive ...
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The Aztec Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Stories and Legends - Townsend Camilla
Anotace: The essential guide to the world of Aztec mythology, based on Nahuatl-language sources that challenge the colonial history passed down to us by the Spanish. How did the jaguar get his spots? What happened to the four suns that came before our own? Where was Aztlan, mythical homeland of the Aztecs? For decades, the popular image of the Mexica people - better k...
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The Aztec Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Stories and Legends - Camilla Townsend
The essential guide to the world of Aztec mythology, based on Nahuatl-language sources that challenge the colonial history passed down to us by the Spanish. How did the jaguar get his spots? What happened to the four suns that came before our own? Where was Aztlan, mythical homeland of the Aztecs? For decades, the popular image of the Mexica people – better known today ...
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Too Big to Jail: HSBC and the Banking Scandal of the Century - Blackhurst Chris
Anotace: `Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you` - Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the WorldFrom journalist Chris Blackhurst, Too Big to Jail unveils how HSBC facilitated mass money laundering schemes for brutal drug kingpins and rogue nations - and thereby helped to grow one of the deadliest drugs empires the world has ev...
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Too Big to Jail: HSBC and the Banking Scandal of the Century - Chris Blackhurst
<p>'Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you' - Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the WorldFrom journalist Chris Blackhurst, Too Big to Jail unveils how HSBC facilitated mass money laundering schemes for brutal drug kingpins and rogue nations - and thereby helped to grow one of the deadliest drugs empires the world has eve...
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Agatha Christie: Radio 4 Book of the Week - Worsleyová Lucy
Anotace: ** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award **`A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse`- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR`A riveting portrait` - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***`Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.` - The Times`A model of how to combine biographical information, analy...
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Agatha Christie: Radio 4 Book of the Week - Lucy Worsleyová
<p>** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award **'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait' - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.' - The Times'A model of how to combine biographical information, analys...
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The Science of Fate : The New Science of Who We Are - And How to Shape our Best Future - Hannah Critchlow
<p>**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**</p> <p> </p> <p>'A truly fascinating - if unnerving - read'DAILY TELEGRAPH'Acute, mind-opening, highly accessible - this book doesn't just explain how our lives might pan out, it helps us live better'BETTANY HUGHES'A humane and highly readable account of the neuroscience that underpins our ideas of free will...
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Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe - Cham Jorge, Whiteson Daniel
Anotace: You`ve got questions: about space, time, gravity, and the odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole. All the answers you need are right here.As a species, we may not agree on much, but one thing brings us all together: a need to know. We all wonder, and deep down we all have the same big questions. Why can`t I travel back in time? Where did the universe ...
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Countdown to Darkness: The Assassination of President Kennedy Volume II
Anotace: The book´s first chapter contains new revelations about how Oswald was a witting false defector to the USSR in a CIA plan to surface a KGB mole in the CIA. The second volume in a series on the assassination of President Kennedy, "Countdown to Darkness" describes events during a dangerous quickening of the Cold War. The race for a long-range delivery system for n...
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Ethel Rosenberg: The Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife and Mother - Anne Sebba
<p>Ethel Rosenberg was a supportive wife, loving mother to two small children and courageous idealist who grew up during the Depression with aspirations to become an opera singer.On 19 June 1953 she became the first woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder. She was thirty-seven years old.Ethel's conviction for conspiracy to commit espionage on be...
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Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature - Hart Sarah
Anotace: `A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart`s lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms and number-lovers alike will discover much they didn`t know about the creative interplay between stories, structure and sums.` - Alex Bellos `This...
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The Dream of Europe : Travels in a Troubled Continent - Mak Geert
Anotace: How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium.The great European project was built out of a common desire for peace, prosperity and freedom; a wish for a united E...
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Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon - Michael Lewis
<p>From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the high-octane story of the enigmatic figure at the heart of one of the 21st century's most spectacular financial collapses 'I asked him how much it would take for him to sell FTX and go do something other than make money. He thought the question over. "One hundred and fifty billion dollars,&q...
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Lies My Gov´t Told Me : And the Better Future Coming - Robert W. Malone
<p>A guide for the times-breaking down the lies about COVID-19 and shedding light on why we came to believe them. When he invented the original mRNA vaccine technology as a medical and graduate student in the late 1980s, Robert Malone could not have imagined that he would become a leader in a movement to expose the dangers of mRNA vaccines that billions of people h...
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Culloden
Trevor Royle does for Culloden what Juliet Barker did for Agincourt, bringing us the definitive account of the battle and its wider role in the creati
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Arise, England
'An absorbing and eye-opening account of what the Plantagenets did for us.' - HELEN CASTOR'Burt and Partington show precisely and engagingly why the M
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Lies My Gov´t Told Me : And the Better Future Coming - Malone Robert W., Malone Robert W.
Anotace: A guide for the times-breaking down the lies about COVID-19 and shedding light on why we came to believe them.When he invented the original mRNA vaccine technology as a medical and graduate student in the late 1980s, Robert Malone could not have imagined that he would become a leader in a movement to expose the dangers of mRNA vaccines that billions of people ha...
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (0099590085)
Kniha - autor Yuval Noah Harari, 498 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná 100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, SAPIENS challenges everything...
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Mornings in Jenin (1408813556)
Kniha - autor Susan Abulhawa, 338 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Set against one of the twentieth century's most intractable political conflicts, MORNINGS IN JENIN is a deeply human novel - a novel of history, identity, friendship, love, terrorism, surrender, courage, and hope. Its power forces us to take a fresh look at one of the defining conflicts of o...
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Old Prague Cookbook: Staropražská kuchařka (978-80-7252-746-5)
Kniha - autor Viktor Faktor, 104 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Millet cake, cotton soup, kaldoun, kreplach or Prague kružalky cakes? Delicacies from Lippert and a recipe according to Šroubek? What’s the story with typical Czech cuisine? Did you know that the dishes we now consider typical and traditionally Czech come from various parts of Europe? Tha...
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Good Girls Die First - Foxfieldová Kathryn
Anotace: Welcome to the most gripping thriller of the year: hugelyentertaining, high-octane and read-in-a-single-sitting.Mind games. Murder. Mayhem. Howfar would you go to survive the night?Blackmail lures sixteen-year-old Ava to the derelict carnivalon Portgrave Pier.She is one of ten teenagers, all with secrets they intendto protect whatever the cost.When fog and magic...
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Good Girls Die First - Kathryn Foxfieldová
<p>Welcome to the most gripping thriller of the year: hugely entertaining, high-octane and read-in-a-single-sitting. Mind games. Murder. Mayhem. How far would you go to survive the night? Blackmail lures sixteen-year-old Ava to the derelict carnival on Portgrave Pier. She is one of ten teenagers, all with secrets they intend to protect whatever the cost. Whe...
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Beyond Willpower - Lloyd Alexander
Anotace: Did you know that most self-help programs that follow the standard success blueprint have a 97% failure rate? The truth is that the typical personal improvement mantra of tapping into your willpower and activating the power of positive thinking is actually a recipe for failure. In "Beyond Willpower," bestselling author and psychological counselor Alexander Loyd,...
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Language Instinct - Pinker Steven
Anotace: How do babies learn to speak? Why are there so many languages? Do we think in our mother tongue? Who decides what`s correct English? How did language evolve? In this landmark book, Pinker explains the mysteries of language within a coherent theory- that language is an adaptation for communication. `Dazzling . . . Pinker`s big idea is that language is as innate t...
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Language Instinct - Steven Pinker
<p>How do babies learn to speak? Why are there so many languages? Do we think in our mother tongue? Who decides what's correct English? How did language evolve? In this landmark book, Pinker explains the mysteries of language within a coherent theory- that language is an adaptation for communication. 'Dazzling . . . Pinker's big idea is that language is as innate to...
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Old Prague Cookbook - Viktor Faktor; Anna Novotná
Anotace: Millet cake, cotton soup, kaldoun, kreplach or Prague kružalky cakes? Delicacies from Lippert and a recipe according to Šroubek? What´s the story with typical Czech cuisine? Did you know that the dishes we now consider typical and traditionally Czech come from various parts of Europe? That pork with dumplings and sauerkraut was created by one partic...
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